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SpaceX Mars prototype rocket explodes upon landing
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Texas [US], February 3 (ANI): SpaceX's Starship prototype rocket exploded while attempting to land after a test flight on Tuesday, according to live footage broadcast online.
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Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO
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Seattle [US], February 3 (ANI): Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will step down as the chief executive of the company -- which he founded almost 27 years ago, the company announced on Tuesday (local time).
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US working with 'like-minded allies' India, Japan on Myanmar coup
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Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): Assessing the recent developments in Myanmar, United States senior State Department officials on Tuesday said they are frequently in contact with "like-minded allies and partners" in the region including India and Japan.
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Moscow court hands Putin critic Alexey Navalny over 2.5 year jail term
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 3 (ANI): A Moscow court on Tuesday sent Russian President Vladimir Putin's biggest critic Alexey Navalny to prison for more than two-and-a-half years.
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Biden not willing to settle for COVID-relief package that 'fails to meet t
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): US President Joe Biden is not willing to settle for a COVID-19 relief package that 'fails to meet the moment' as the country continues to be the worst-affected by the pandemic, said the White House.
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Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 225,000
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus death toll in Brazil increased by 595 in the past day to top 225,000, the country's Ministry of Health said in a statement.
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Top US diplomat calls for China to step up and being transparent about COV
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Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday reiterated his predecessor Mike Pompeo's call to hold China accountable for the spread of COVID-19 across the world saying, Beijing has to step up and make sure it is being transparent about the deadly virus
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Blinken says US should accept refugees fleeing Hong Kong amid draconian la
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Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday (local time) lambasted China over its imposition of the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong saying it acted "egregiously" to undermine the city.
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SpaceX to launch world's first all-civilian astronaut mission to orbit in
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Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): SpaceX announced on Monday that it will launch four private individuals on a Crew Dragon capsule into orbit around the Earth, dubbed as "the world's first all-civilian mission." It is scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter of 2021.
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UK Foreign Secy Raab continues to express support for Belarusian Oppositio
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London [UK], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has once again voiced support for the Belarusian opposition, in a call with former Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
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Coronavirus can be controlled, WHO Chief says, pointing to decrease in num
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Geneva [Switzerland], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The global decrease in the number of new emerging cases of COVID-19 suggests that the virus can be controlled regardless of its mutations, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
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UK COVID-19 variant present in 82 countries, South African strain in 39: W
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Geneva [Switzerland], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK COVID-19 variant has now spread to 82 countries and the South African strain to nearly 40, Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme, said on Monday.
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